AmphiBag

ABSTRACT

AmphiBag is both a garment and a bag in one piece of fabric—in the same piece. It can be worn as a clothing or accessories and can be used as a bag. 
     For examples, Scarf-Bag, T-shirt-Bag, Sweater-Bag, Dress-Bag etc. The Scarf-Bag—as a specific case—is turned into a bag and the bag is turned into a scarf. As a scarf, piece of fabric, it can be worn around the neck for warmth, sun protection, cleanliness, fashion, or religious reasons. They can be made in a variety of different materials such as wool, linen, cotton, silk, etc. And can be used as a bag to collect loose materials such as groceries, berries food grains, garments, etc., to transport more items than could readily be carried in the hands. The same is with the other garments mentioned above.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/771,115 filed on Nov. 25, 2018, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein.

BACKGROUND OF THE INNOVATION

This Innovation relates in general to fashionable garments and reusable bags in one piece. One of the main issues this Innovation come to help is the issue with the plastic bags. There is an environmental issue with plastic bags. Many countries, cities and states are banning plastic bags. We need an innovation to help with this issue. Today the world use billions of plastic bags in grocery stores, retail stores and in other situations.

To have a bag as a clothing, knowing when you need a bag during the day, its feeling mentally priceless. During the day life people need and use a bag for a variety of occasions: at the grocery stores, retailers store, traveling, shopping, clubbing etc.

This Innovation came to life about a year ago which started as a Scarf-Bag, and a Provisional Application No. 62/771,115 was filed. No selling was offer more than a year ago.

During the year it was not only a time of developing it as a Scarf-Bag but also were developed as AmphiBag, an accessory or garments that people can use and wearing every day, and design it in the way they can be used as a bag when needed.

As a scarf is a piece of fabric worn around the neck for warmth, sun protection, cleanliness, fashion, or religious reasons. They can be made in a variety of different materials such as wool, linen cotton etc. It is a common type of neckwear.

As a bag is a common tool in the form of a non-rigid container. bags have been fundamental for the development of human civilization, as they allow people to easily collect loose materials such as berries or food grains, and to transport more items than could readily be carried in the hands.

Cheap disposable paper bags and plastic shopping bags are very common in the retail trade as a convenience for shoppers and are often supplied by the shop for free or for a small fee. Customers may also take their own shopping bags to use in shops.

The main idea is to have an accessory and or garments that can be wearing and at the same time to take if off as a clothing and have them to be used as a bag when needed.

In general, a bag is a container made of flexible material with an opening at the top, used for carrying things.

A garment is any article of clothing: dresses, suits, and other garments. Clothing (also known as clothes, apparel and attire) is a collective term for items worn on the body. Clothing is typically made of fabrics or textiles but over time has included garments made from animal skin or other thin sheets of materials put together.

Clothing serves many purposes: it can serve as protection from the elements, rough surfaces, rash-causing plants, insect bites, splinters, thorns and prickles by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothes can insulate against cold or hot conditions, and they can provide a hygienic barrier, keeping infectious and toxic materials away from the body. Clothing also provides protection from ultraviolet radiation. Wearing clothes is also a social norm and being deprived of clothing in front of others may be embarrassing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 001 Pieces of fabric, cutting the top to create handles or cut from a piece of fabric handles to be attached to the main fabric.

FIG. 002 Sewing the handles to each other.

FIG. 003 Sewing the fabrics at the bottom, at the left and right sizes.

FIG. 004 A loop knot method of how to wear the Innovation.

FIG. 005 Holding the handle(s) and enter the head inside the handles space. The fabric hanging on the back of the neck by the handle(s) which the rest of the fabric is hanging at the front of the body and leave it like that. And or knot the fabric with wire or piece of fabric that is attached to the fabric at each side around the body. Or when the innovation is hanging on the front of the neck by the handle(s) which the rest of the fabric is hanging at the back of the body and leave it like that. And or knot the fabric with wire or piece of fabric that is attached to the fabric at each side around the body.

FIG. 006 Holding the two bottom corners of each side of the fabric, right hand holding the right corner and the left hand holding the left corner, and lift it up around the neck and knot the two corners together to keep it hold around the back neck.

FIG. 007 Crossing hands—holding the two bottom corners, whereas, the right hand holding the left side of the bottom corner and the left hand holding the right bottom of the corner; Or crossing the fabric—flip the bottom corners of the fabric, whereas, the left corner is at the right side and the right side is at the left side; and lift it up around the neck in cross way and tie the two corners together to keep it hold around the back neck.

FIG. 008 Pulling the inside of the Scarf-Bag up, whereas, the inside is the outside and the outside becomes the inside.

FIG. 009 Lining is added inside the AmphiBag with a variety of colors.

FIG. 010 Tunnels around the ScarfBag. Inside the tunnel there is a cord and barrel cords block, holding button, in each corner to adjust the size of the bag/container and to adjust the size around the neck or to tie the handles around the neck if wanted to be more tied to warm the neck or keep it warm.

FIG. 011 Vary sizes of pockets for telephone and other devices, for wallet, for grocery and other uses that can be closed and locked.

FIG. 012 Attached a Hoodie. On one of the handles there is a hoodie. The hoodie can cover the head or and be tied or not.

FIG. 013 Two AmphiBags or one amphiBag and one regular scarf, and attached them together at the one of the handle of each other.

FIG. 014 On the upper corners of the Innovation attached, in the form of easily be separated from each other and to be used in various ways. On the sides of the upper corners to add buttons, clips or wire and on the other upper corners to add the other closing devices.

FIG. 015 Attach the AmphiBag with buttons, zippers, or cords. To add it to the right on one and left side of the other the AmphiBag and add variety of closing options in front of the body.

FIG. 016 One AmphiBAg and other piece of design fabric to cover the rest of the body.

FIG. 017 AmphiBag as a skirt

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DISCLOSURE

The Innovation (thereafter “AmphiBag”) can use any pieces of fabric to make the Innovation and be designed to create any AmphiBag.

The piece of fabric can be a variety of sizes to create a variety of the Innovation sizes; garments or accessories in the same piece to create the innovation, AmphiBag.

The piece of the fabric is cut in the form to create handles for the hands, for the shoulders or on the neck to carry it as a bag and or to wear it as a garment or accessory. And or as handles for the neck to wear it as an accessory or garment like a scarf around the neck, dress, shirt, sweater etc. (See FIG. 001).

The way of cutting the fabrics for the handles vary. The fabric is cut in one of the sizes of the fabric (thereafter “the top”) See FIG. 001. The cutting can be in a variety of sizes and ways to create handles.

For example, A) the left and the right sides are cut from the left side down from the top ˜12″ dip to the right ˜4″ and cut up to the end to create the handles and from the right side, the same cut from the right side of the fabric. And a cut from the middle of the top fabric, in a variety of sizes from each side from the middle, cut down ˜12″. B) Or can cut a circle, ellipse, square etc. on the top of the fabric. C) Or to cut a piece of fabric in a form of handles and attach it to the main fabric, See FIG. 001, the options.

The handles edges are attached together; the left to the right handle of the same fabric, or to the other handles of the other piece of fabric, See FIG. 002.

To create the basic Innovation, is to take and put two pieces of fabric on each other and to attach the two fabrics together to create a container. To attach the fabric(s) together can be done by sewing, gluing or other options available.

The fabric(s) can be attached to the bottom in a vary distance from the bottom See, FIG. 003 depending on which size of container is desired.

The sides of the fabric left and right, are attached as well in a verity distance from each side, See FIG. 003 depending on which size of container is desired.

The description above create the basic Innovation of AmphiBag. The piece(s) together are creating, in one hand, a container with handles to hold it on the shoulder, by hand or on the back around the neck and on the other hand, it can be used as a garment or accessory like a scarf.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INNOVATION A. Scarf-Bag, as a Specific Case of the Innovation—

A.1) Wearing and Using the Innovation as a Scarf-Bag

The Innovation is not obvious, not to a reasonable person neither to a professional person in the fashion industry.

When you present the Scarf-Bag to those people to try it and use it, without to teach them, they don't realize, get to conclusion or understand they can use it as a scarf as well, although, it looks like a scarf. They might see the Innovation is a bag but not how to use it as a scarf as well. Moreover, when you ask retailers to sell it, they all express the need of presentations of the Innovation to their customers. Meaning they can't just put it on the shelf and expected costumes will understand that the Innovation can be used as a bag and as a scarf in one garment.

Therefore, the Innovation is not obvious and needs to be taught, demonstrated and or give presentations, as the following shows:

There are a variety of ways to wear it and use it as a scarf around the neck.

Option 1) Loop Knot—Hold the handles in one hand and between the space of the handles to enter the reset of the fabric or the end of the fabric and pull it inside to tie it around the neck to wear it as a scarf, See FIG. 004. Option 2) Hold the handle(s) (can use one handle, two or more) and enter the head inside the handles space, whereas, the fabric ScarfBag (one application of the Innovation) hanging on the back of the neck by the handle(s) which the rest of the fabric/ScarfBag is hanging at the front of the body, and leave it like that, See FIG. 005.

When the ScarfBag is hanging in front of the body, on the back neck there are a variety of ways to style it.

Style 1a) the scarfBag can be hanging on the back neck at the front of the body and leave it as it is, See FIG. 005. Style 1b) Or when the fabric in style 1a, with the wire or piece of fabric that attached to the fabric at each sides knot it around the body, See FIG. 005, this way can be used as a fashion accessory and or garment in front of the body, warm and keep the body warm. And when bag need to take it off and use it as a bag. Style 1c) or like style 1b, but this time when the handle(s) are hanging on the front neck and the fabric is at the back of the body. And with the wire or piece of fabric that attached to the fabric at each sides knot it around the body, See FIG. 005, this way can be used as a fashion accessory and or garment at the back of the body, warm and keep the body warm. And when bag need to take it off and use it as a bag. Style 1d) Another why to style it is, when the fabric, ScarfBag hanging on at the front of the body, to hold the two bottom corners of each sides of the ScarfBag, right hand holding the right corner and the left hand holding the left corner, and lift it up around the neck and tie the two corners together to keep it hold around the back neck, See FIG. 006.

To tie the corners around the back neck, there are a variety of technical options that can keep the corners together: a) a piece of fabric/wire/magnet . . . that attached to the one size of the corner of the ScarfBag and on the other size of the corner attached wire/button/clip/magnate among other options to make the two corners to be attached together, See FIG. 006.

Style 1e) Another way to style the ScarfBag when the ScarfBag hanging on the front of the body on the back neck, is to hold the two bottom corners, whereas, the right hand holding the left side of the bottom corner and the left hand holding the right bottom of the corner, cross way, and lift it up around the neck in cross way and tie the two corners together to keep it hold around the back neck. When lifting the corners in cross way, the right hand moving up back to the right side of the body, the neck, and the left hand moving up back to the left side of the body, the neck, and then ties the corners together, as described at style 2.a above, See FIG. 007. Or technical way, to flip the bottom corners of the fabric, whereas. The left corner is at the right side and the right side is at the left side; lift it up to the back of the neck and tie the bottom corners together, See FIG. 007. Style 1f) Creating a different shape of bag and size by pulling the inside of the Scarf-Bag up, whereas, the inside is the outside and the outside becomes the inside, See FIG. 008.

A.2. Develop the Innovation on the Scarf-Bag as a Specific Case.

The scarf-bag is designed to be light and reusable.

The basic Innovation of ScarfBag has variety of technical and can be adding many options as following described in part.

Lining—To protect the fabric of AmphiBag/ScarfBag when use it as a bag, and or a fashion look and make it stronger, lining is added with a variety of colors, See FIG. 009.

To create the sizes of the container/bag in different sizes from the initial size, around the fabric, in a different space from each size edge, there are tunnels. Inside the tunnel there is a cord and barrel cords block, holding button, in each corner to adjust the size of the bag/container and to adjust the size around the neck or to tie the handles around the neck if wanted to be more tied to warm the neck or keep it warm, See FIG. 010.

As well inside the container/bag there are pockets in a vary sizes for telephone and other devices, for wallet, grocery products so it won't need to use the small plastic bags and other uses that can be closed and locked with barrel cord block, See FIG. 011.

Attached a Hoodie. On one of the handles there is a hoodie. When the Innovation is worn as described in FIG. 005,006,007 the hoodie can cover the head or and be tied or not. See FIG. 012.

B. Wear the Innovation as a Garments—Design Collection of the AmphiBag.

The Innovation can be in a variety of garments and be worn in a variety of ways as the following shows.

Other design is to have two pieces of ScarfBag, FIG. 003, attached together at the one of the handles, or another piece of fabric like scarf attached to the ScarfBag, and to wear whereas, each one of the Innovation is on the back neck and the fabric falling on each side of the body, like a regular scarf, See FIG. 013, or can be styled at the same way as described in FIG. 004, 005, 006, 007.

Other design is to use to AmphiBag and on the upper corners of each one to attached in form of easily separating to be used in various ways. On the sides of the upper corners to add buttons, clips or wire and on the other upper corners to add the other closing device. See FIG. 014.

This option gives the ability to use the AmphiBag in various ways. To wear it when the handles around the head and as well in the back like shows in FIG. 005, or without to put the head inside the handles.

Shirt/Sweater/Dress—Wear desirable sizes of two AmphiBags to create a shirt, sweater or variety of dresses, etc. To attach the bags with buttons, zippers, or cords. To add it to the right on one and left side of the other the AmphiBag and add variety of closing options in front of the body. See FIG. 015. Wear the AmphiBags on each side of the shoulders. Enter the right hand into the handle space of one AmphiBag, and let the handle hanging on the shoulder. The same on the left side. Then cover the front of the body with the two AmphiBags and close it.

Other design is to attach to one AmphiBag anther piece of design fabric to cover the rest of the body. Wear it by putting in the handles around a shoulder and close it. Attach a variety of fabric on one of the sides of AmphiBag, the purpose of the piece of fabric that is attached to the AmphiBags is to cover the body in a different style. See FIG. 016.

Other design is Skirt. Take one or two AmphiBag in vary sizes and tie them around the waist, See FIG. 017.

The above describe the main idea the application of it and the development of the innovation which this Non-Provisional application is asking to protect as a patent. 

1. A bag and a scarf in one piece, garment, scarf worn around the neck or head with bag build in the scarf, comprising: An any material of scarf, variety of fabric; A scarf worn around the neck or head; A bag.
 2. Method, to create a bag and scarf in one piece of fabric, A bag and a scarf in one piece for wearing on a neck as a scarf or wear it on the shoulder or hands as a bag, comprising: A two-pieces of fabric or one fabric folded in half in variety of sizes, and variety of fabrics and variety of ornaments in variety of shapes; the fabric is closed in the bottom and the sides but is open on the top; The top of it is cut in the form to create handles for the hands to carry it as a bag or as handles for the neck to wear it as a scarf around the neck. 